Reaping investment returns with… algae?
Bloomberg
Do biologists possess the secret to investing on Wall Street? A successful foray into “algae-rithmic trading” reveals surprising similarities between cells and financial markets. Read More
FOMO and the adoption of AI in finance
ValueWalk
We focus so much on the application of AI to alpha generation that it’s easy to forget its other — likely more realistic — applications for capital markets. Read More
Congress weighs in on the farm data debate
AgFunderNews
Concerns about cloud-based farming data and market manipulation are escalating. The US government is stepping in and locking down. Read More
How algorithms go bad
The Guardian
From the unintentionally stupid to the downright nefarious, this article explores four ways in which algorithms can go bad. Read More
IBM Watson’s Wall Street reality check
TechCrunch
Wall Street is paying close attention to the challenges facing IBM Watson. Jefferies believes that IBM’s investment into Watson will struggle to return value to shareholders. Read More
Game-changing AI analytics
Application Development Trends
We’ve come a long way since Moneyball. STATS LLC, a sports analytics company, is at the forefront of artificial intelligence with simply incredible technology. Read More
Satellite imagery to combat fishy activity
Maritime Executive
The illegal fishing market could exceed $20 billion annually. Leave it to satellite imagery and alternative data to help solve the problem. Read More